While we are talk­ing recalls… there’s yet another list you can join to receive info on infant & child prod­ucts. This one is put out by the US Consumer Product Safety Commission.

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Here’s a cool tool to clut­ter your inbox and help keep your lit­tle ones safe! The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration offers an e-mail noti­fi­ca­tion sys­tem for car seat recalls.

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The Lila Guide

January 4, 2008

lilaguide.com I just came across The Lila Guide tonight, and it is a work in progress far more advanced than my own. The guide has labeled itself as a word of mouth resource for par­ents, and it looks like it could be a use­ful resource depend­ing on where you live and what you are after. […]

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trixietracker.com I admit that I never used Trixie Tracker. I couldn’t even man­age to keep track of which side my babies had fed on last, let alone when they slept or how often I changed their dia­pers. But I was just start­ing to dis­cover that the inter­net was more than just a tool for finding […]

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Sara’s Toy Box

November 13, 2007

saras-toy-box.blogspot.com There are so many folks out there with advice on which toys to buy… Here’s a new blog inspired by all the recent recalls. It high­lights some cre­ative toys, includ­ing some from one of our new favorite places to shop, A Toy Garden. Enjoy!

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Freecycle

November 5, 2007

freecycle.org According to the web­site above Freecycle is “a grass­roots and entirely non­profit move­ment of peo­ple who are giv­ing (& get­ting) stuff for free in their own towns. It’s all about reuse and keep­ing good stuff out of land­fills.” Your appre­ci­a­tion of freecy­cle may depend on how active and con­sid­er­ate the group in your area […]

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Dani’s Duds

October 27, 2007

Dani’s Duds was the first con­sign­ment sale I ever sold at and the sec­ond I ever attended. I love hand-me-downs and used items, but had pre­vi­ously writ­ten off con­sign­ment sales as too much work and too pricey. So this year I sold at Dani’s Duds as much for the expe­ri­ence of sell­ing via con­sign­ment as […]

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Our-Kids.com

October 14, 2007

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2007 Our Kids If you are look­ing for a list of places to pick apples, a list of all the pump­kin patches in the area, or a park in a nearby town, this place cat­a­logs them all. It looks like a great regional resource, espe­cially for those who live in the heart of […]

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Snopes.com

October 13, 2007

www.snopes.com Anyone who has kids and an email address will get emails warn­ing you about what is safe and what isn’t. For exam­ple, last week folks on both coasts received emails about pup­pies need­ing homes, but it was a hoax. Today I got some­thing about the safety of the Mr. Clean Magic Eraser (famous among […]

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